Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Quotes

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• Architects should be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music, have some knowledge of medicine, know the opinions of the jurists, and be acquainted with astronomy and the theory of the heavens

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  Medicine, Heaven, Attention

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter I, Section 3,

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• Architecture depends on Order, Arrangement, Eurythmy, Symmetry , Propriety , and Economy.

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  Order, Architecture, Economy

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter II: "The Fundamental Principles of Architecture", Section 1,

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• Architect's designs must refer to the unquestionable perfection of the body's symmetry and proportions. If a building is to create a sense of eurythmia, it is essential that it mirrors these natural laws of harmony and beauty

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  Mirrors, Law, Perfection

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• The architect must not only understand drawing, but music.

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  Drawing, Architecture, Architect

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• Beauty is produced by the pleasing appearance and good taste of the whole, and by the dimensions of all the parts being duly proportioned to each other.

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  Taste, Dimensions, Appearance

  Marcus VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Joseph GWILT (1826). “The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books, Translated from the Latin by J. Gwilt”, p.15

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• A harmonious design requires that nothing be added or taken away.

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  Inspirational, Taken, Design

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• If our designs for private houses are to be correct, we must at the outset take note of the countries and climates in which they are built.

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  Country, House, Design

  "De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture)". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Book VI, Chapter I, Section 1), circa 15 BC.

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• The [engineer] should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory.

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  Art, Children, Practice

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter I: "The Education of the Architect", Section 1,

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• Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

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  Careers, Architecture, Building

  Marcus VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Joseph GWILT (1826). “The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books, Translated from the Latin by J. Gwilt”, p.170

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• In accordance with the foregoing investigations on mathematical principles, let bronze vessels be made, proportionate to the size of the theatre, and let them be so fashioned that, when touched, they may produce with one another the notes of the fourth, the fifth, and so on up the double octave.

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  Theatre, Principles, May

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book V, Chapter V, Section 1,

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• It is no secret that the moon has no light of her own, but is, as it were, a mirror, receiving brightness from the influence of the sun.

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  Moon, Mirrors, Light

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book IX, Chapter II, Section 3,

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• Consistency is found in that work whose whole and detail are suitable to the occasion. It arises from circumstance, custom, and nature.

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  Consistency, Details, Found

  Marcus VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Joseph GWILT (1826). “The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books, Translated from the Latin by J. Gwilt”, p.12

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• For we must not build temples according to the same rules to all gods alike, since the performance of the sacred rites varies with the various gods.

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  Sacred, Temples, Rite

  "De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture)". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Book IV, Chapter VIII, Section 6), circa 15 BC.

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• An architect ought to be an educated man so as to leave a more lasting remembrance in his treatises.

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  Men, Remembrance, Architect

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter I, Section 4,

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• Bricks should be made in Spring or Autumn so that they may dry uniformly.

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  Spring, Autumn, Dry

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book II, Chapter III, Section 2,

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• Harmony is an obscure and difficult musical science, but most difficult to those who are not acquainted with the Greek language; because it is necessary to use many Greek words to which there are none corresponding in Latin.

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  Latin, Greek, Musical

  Marcus VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Joseph GWILT (1826). “The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books, Translated from the Latin by J. Gwilt”, p.134

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• A liberal education forms a single body. Those, therefore, who from tender years receive instruction in the various forms of learning, recognize the same stamp on all the arts, and an intercourse between all studies, and so they more readily comprehend them all.

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  Art, Years, Body

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter I, Section 12,

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• For not all things are practicable on identical principles

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  Principles, Identical, All Things

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• Bricks will be most serviceable if made two years before using; for they cannot dry thoroughly in less time. When fresh undried bricks are used in a wall, the stucco covering stiffens and hardens into a permanent mass, but the bricks settle and the motion caused by their shrinking prevents them from adhering to it, and they are separated from their union with it. At Utica in constructing walls they use brick only if it is dry and made five years previously, and approved as such by the authority of a magistrate.

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  Wall, Years, Two

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book II, Chapter III, Section 2,

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• All machinery is derived from nature, and is founded on the teaching and instruction of the revolution of the firmament.

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  Teaching, Revolution, Instruction

  "The Ten Books On Architecture". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Book X, Chapter I, Sec. 4, c. 15 BC.

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• Altars should face the east, and should always be placed on a lower level than are the statues in the temples, so that those who are praying and sacrificing may look upwards towards the divinity.

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  Sacrifice, East, Looks

  "De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture)". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Book IV, Chapter IX, Section 1), circa 15 BC.

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• There are also kinds of water that cause death, as they run through harmful juices in the soil and become poisonous.

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  Running, Water, Juice

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• There will be no propriety in the spectacle of an elegant interior approached by a low mean entrance.

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  Mean, Entrances, Lows

  "The Ten Books On Architecture". Book I. Chapter II, Sec. 6, 15BC.

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• With the ripening of the fruits in Autumn the leaves begin to wither and the trees, taking up their sap from the earth through the roots, recover themselves and are restored to their former solid texture. But the strong air of winter compresses and solidifies them.

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  Strong, Autumn, Winter

  "The Ten Books On Architecture". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Book II, Chapter IX, Sec. 2, c. 15 BC.

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• Proportion is that agreeable harmony between the several parts of a building, which is the result of a just and regular agreement of them with each other; the height to the width, this to the length, and each of these to the whole.

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  Agreement, Height, Harmony

  Marcus VITRUVIUS POLLIO, Joseph GWILT (1826). “The Architecture of M. Vitruvius Pollio in Ten Books, Translated from the Latin by J. Gwilt”, p.12

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